Quentin Tarantino

Pulp Fiction: A Screenplay

A multi-layered screenplay that interweaves the lives of two hitmen, a boxer, and a mobster's wife in 1990s Los Angeles. Known for its sharp, pop-culture-infused dialogue and nonlinear narrative, the script explores themes of criminal morality and accidental redemption.

Reservoir Dogs: The Screenplay

The screenplay for Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut follows six criminals hired for a diamond heist that goes violently wrong. Trapped in a warehouse, the survivors must determine which of them is a police informant while dealing with escalating suspicion and betrayal.

Natural Born Killers: The Original Screenplay

This original screenplay presents the intended narrative of Mickey and Mallory Knox, a couple whose cross-country killing spree is sensationalized by tabloid media. Though it served as the basis for Oliver Stone's 1994 film, Tarantino's script features a different structure and tone, specifically emphasizing the role of television in creating celebrity criminals.

True Romance: The Screenplay

The original screenplay for the cult classic film, featuring Quentin Tarantino's intended nonlinear structure and ending. It follows the story of Clarence and Alabama, a couple on the run from the mob with a suitcase full of cocaine.

Four Rooms

Four Friends Telling Four Stories Making One Film

A screenplay collection for the 1995 anthology film featuring four interconnected stories set in a seedy Los Angeles hotel on New Year's Eve. Each segment follows a bellhop encountering strange guests, including a coven of witches and a high-stakes bet.

From Dusk Till Dawn

A Screenplay

Follows the Gecko brothers, two dangerous criminals on the run after a violent bank heist. They kidnap a preacher and his children to escape into Mexico, but their journey takes a supernatural turn at a strip club infested with vampires.

Jackie Brown: A Screenplay

A flight attendant caught smuggling cash for an arms dealer orchestrates a daring double-cross against both federal authorities and her ruthless boss. Based on Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch, the script features Tarantino's signature dialogue and character-driven tension.

Death Proof: A Screenplay

The published script for the 2007 film following Stuntman Mike, a psychopathic murderer who stalks young women from behind the wheel of a modified car. The text serves as a stylistic homage to 1970s exploitation and slasher cinema.

Inglourious Basterds: A Screenplay

An alternate history screenplay set during World War II, following a squad of Jewish-American soldiers on a mission to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officials. The narrative converges at a Paris cinema premiere where a survivor of a family massacre plots her own revenge.

Django Unchained

Set in the antebellum South, the narrative follows Django, an enslaved man who is liberated by German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. Together, they pursue notorious outlaws while embarking on a mission to rescue Django's wife from a brutal plantation owner.

The Hateful Eight

A Screenplay

Set in post-Civil War Wyoming, a group of strangers seeking refuge from a blizzard at a stagecoach stopover discover that they may not be who they claim to be. The story follows a bounty hunter and his fugitive as they navigate a web of betrayal and violence. This script showcases the author's signature dialogue and mastery of suspenseful, location-locked drama.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

A Novel

A reimagining and expansion of Tarantino's film following aging actor Rick Dalton and his stuntman Cliff Booth in 1969 Los Angeles. The narrative delves into the fading Golden Age of Hollywood, the rise of the counterculture, and the encroaching influence of the Manson Family.

Cinema Speculation

A collection of film criticism and personal memoir exploring key American movies from the 1970s. Quentin Tarantino analyzes the directors, stars, and cultural shifts of the era while detailing his own experiences as a young moviegoer.